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Convention

Each year--generally centered around a holiday weekend such as 4th of July, Memorial Day, or Easter--the IAGSDC stages a square dance convention for its members and friends. Although considered a GLBT event, as time has passed and both the gay and straight square dance communities have aged, increasing numbers of GLBT-friendly straight dancers have attended.

IAGSDC Conventions are planned out roughly five years in advance, and are "bid" on by different IAGSDC clubs. (See Convention Bid Process.)

There are many traditions celebrated and activities staged at each Convention.

Fly-Ins

A Fly-In is a weekend-long square dance event. Because the early GLBT square dance clubs were geographically distant, driving between their locations to attend a dance or dance weekend was usually prohibitive. Flying was the norm for many out-of-town attendees, hence the name "Fly-In".

While the meeting of groups at the 1982Denver rodeo probably qualifies as the first "Fly-In",
the term first appears to have been used for the 1983 weekend hosted by the South Florida Mustangs.